{"id":130933,"date":"2020-05-20T15:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=130933"},"modified":"2024-04-18T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:42:59","slug":"bringing-souls-out-of-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=130933","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Souls Out Of Hiding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas that give me energy:<\/p>\n<p>* Pursuing excellence.<br \/>\n* Think about what I&#8217;ve done excellently<br \/>\n* Think about the look on the faces of people who appreciate me. Think about the pretty girls I&#8217;ve kissed and how they said wow afterward&#8230;<br \/>\n* Think about the most heartfelt things people have said to me<br \/>\n* Remember how I&#8217;ve helped people.\u00a0<br \/>\n* Connect with people I love<br \/>\n* A vision for how I can make a difference in the world, such as helping souls come out of hiding (a mission from a 12-step program).<br \/>\n* Thinking about places where I belong, where I am welcome, where people are glad to see me<br \/>\n* I had a therapist who had me list everything that was great about me and when I was done, she prompted me to add my good looks<br \/>\n* Anything that cracks me up\u00a0<br \/>\n* The states of God-seeking, faith-seeking, generosity and love<br \/>\n* Thinking about the homeless man who brought a dead raccoon into a McDonalds in San Francisco<br \/>\n* Connecting to things Australian (or whatever is bringing me energy in the moment)<\/p>\n<p>Practices for energy:<\/p>\n<p>* A diet soda, I don&#8217;t like them, but they change my state<br \/>\n* Watch an action movie<br \/>\n* Eat protein<br \/>\n* Cold shower<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLrvN6zoM_-a8-WHuKXI73OKbgNzAL_9Wv&#038;v=wo6Vh4Uz7Sk&#038;feature=emb_title\">Fave<\/a> <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S1_xDytEB1Q&#038;list=PLhQp0uq1786ISg586sYF7k8cDug1-avU0\">songs<\/a><br \/>\n* Drink some cold sugar-free crystal light<br \/>\n* A walk in the sun<br \/>\n* Listen to inspiring talks<br \/>\n* Developing new skills<br \/>\n* Holding things that mean something to me such as a cricket bat, didgeridoo, Aussie hat,\u00a0<br \/>\n* Playing characters, trying out different accents and attitudes<br \/>\n* Write about my feelings, the more shameful the better<\/p>\n<p>I know a lot of paranoid people and it is exhausting trying to calm them. Those who seek frequent reassurance wear me down and I distance myself because I want to preserve my energy.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing I say or do that can&#8217;t be misinterpreted and misused. When I work with sponsees, I am usually exercising at the time. Because I got out of breath one time (I was either sharing something painful or doing something requiring exertion), he essentially asked me if I was masturbating. I was horrified. <\/p>\n<p>I could recommend to someone that they go for a walk, and they might go for a walk and get mugged or break a leg. I might say you should drink a glass of water and you might drink 20 glasses of water and hurt yourself. I take no responsibility for that. I could recommend to someone that they read a book and it might trigger them into creating a disaster online. I might suggest an assignment and it might lead them to a nervous breakdown. I might say that they should become more visible and they might go out and become more visible in a disastrous way. I take no responsibility for the lives of others because I have no control over them. I do the best I can and then I turn over the results to God. Please use whatever I say in ways that benefit you and others. <\/p>\n<p>With every potential sponsee, I give them a template for our work. This template lists two books that I require sponsees to have available every time we meet so they should get them as e-books available on their phone. And yet 95% of potential sponsees don&#8217;t have these books when we start working together. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tiring to reiterate my standards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas that give me energy: * Pursuing excellence. * Think about what I&#8217;ve done excellently * Think about the look on the faces of people who appreciate me. 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